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Federal, state and local agencies reach agreement to address …
WEBDec 1, 2022 · The Colorado River Board of California responded by pledging to conserve 1.6 million acre-feet of water by 2026. The Imperial Irrigation District agreed to take the biggest cut —1 million acre ...
The legend of the horned rabbit of the West - High Country News
WEBFeb 24, 2022 · By my rough estimation, there are at least 1 million jackalope mounts in existence, many of which keep watch over local bars, tourist traps, junk shops, greasy spoon diners and dimly lit pool halls.
Reckoning with History: The legacy of lynching in the West
WEBJul 13, 2018 · In his provocatively imagined and deeply researched visual history, “Lynching in the West: 1850-1935,” artist Ken Gonzales-Day compiled known lynchings in California from statehood until the ...
The Gadsden flag is a symbol. But whose? - High Country News
WEBMay 18, 2020 · Historians point to Christopher Gadsden — a slave-owning South Carolinian — as the namesake for the iconic yellow flag. Gadsden, a colonel in the Continental Army, is believed to have gifted ...
Diverted, drained and dwindling: What’s the fate of New Mexico’s …
WEBJan 14, 2021 · The Rio Grande used to provide water on a bell curve, with powerful floods in the spring and summer and lower and slower flows in the winter. Now the dams release about 20% of what naturally ...
The science behind Yellowstone’s bison cull - High Country News
WEBFeb 17, 2016 · On Feb. 15, Yellowstone National Park began its annual bison cull, and it’s one of the largest in the park’s history. Through both slaughter and hunting, officials are reducing Yellowstone’s ...
The Blackfeet Nation is opening its own national park
WEBApr 23, 2019 · According to Loren BirdRattler, project manager for the Blackfeet Nation’s ambitious Agricultural Resource Management Plan, that’s true. He said around 55 percent of Montana’s biodiversity ...
America forgot the Chinese workers who built the railroad
WEBMay 10, 2019 · Leland Stanford, the university’s founder, was a railroad industry tycoon who considered the Chinese workers “an inferior race.”. “That was part of my motivation,” Chang said. “It kept ...
Trump’s impact on Indian Country over four years
WEBDec 16, 2020 · When President Donald Trump took office in January 2017, many tribal leaders took a wait-and-see approach, given his poor record on Indigenous affairs. Four years later, Indian Country has ...